Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06

Early Explorations Of the
Inland PaeIlic Sea.
nv. L. Henry 10 The Yves. ssors.


TAks covn q map Of the Uaited
States, and place yocr finger upsn the
extreme northwestern corner Alaska
being omitted-and there yoa viii nBd
the bold bsadland marked Caps Flat
terry. This l. the Jumping n piaesr
Of she United SAFES. To tbs wes', FBils
the almost bOundiess espauss Of tbe
PssiAo oscar; 70 the D0Fts, aeFoss tie
bread Straits Of Fnsa. lies the buee 10
lspd Of Vancouver, the nost wsaseriy
Of EaRlsnd's prosecutions ia Amesice;
70 tbe east and sonsh. stretches tbs East
domain Of The GATED Ststes, with ~
mouDtsfns, valleys and plsins, 10 rivers
sad lakes, its railroads and canals, iis
cities, towns aud villages. ~ farms snS
factories. and It's SKY millions % pso
pie. Surely. grsst hsrbor. or, rather,
succession Of hsrbOrs, located in lhe
extreme northeastern corner 81 sneh
popsloas and Eealtby country, Is worthy
she consideration Of svsrf eiiiz n Ct abe
iasd. Ire many advantages - 3 seat Of
foreign and d0mestie eommsrcs. ~ =
paval ststion, and ship bp.ld nc poiut
for both wooden and iFOu was =, and
the beauty Of lie scsBsFy. the admiration
Of tourists from every land all resom
mend 10 20 the attention of every one
who thinks Of aughs bus bis immediate
surroundings
The straits 81 joan Dc Fnca. the gate
way 10 this iniAud sea, are abouE 0re
hundred miles ionR. and fifteen mills
vide, lying almost dns esst and vest
The entrance IL marked BY liRhfhsase
OF Cape Fisftsry. The Straits oesF tbe
name OF Gree navigator. who rlaimtd
10 have discovered them 10 the year
1881. The correctness Of the claim has
been The snbjsst Of much dispute, and.
70 say the least, II IL very Questionable
whether such q yoysRe as De Fuss -
said TO havs made. ever bsd 90 exist
enee In fact. For numb Of years
the Dutch and Raglish navigator
0oueht IN vain for g passage leading
from the Atlantic 10 The Pacific, north
Of k5pain's posseasions In Central Amer
Toe. Doe Of the points 10 be gsiasd by
nndine such passage, was the short
enina OF the Fonte to India; and an
ether, and, as times. o most important
one, vas q means ef reaching the Pa
eiEo Coast colonies Of Spain, IN time OF
war.
The publication Of q fictitious ae-
count Of q voyage, By which a PoFtu
auess navigator eiaimed % have sailed
through q passage, which he o1lled the
Strata Of AMian, impaired zeat 10 this
vain searen for more than too centuries.
Many voyages Of exploration were made,
aud 10 vas one OF these voyages which
De- Fuaa, whose Greek name was Apos
tolas VaIeFianua, claimed 80 havs made,
IN the interests Of Spain, 10 1899. De ~
serted that, between the lAtitudes Of az
aud ~ degrees, be entered a wide pass
age, from which arms bFsnehsd OF IN
various directions. and In which we're
numefOus islands; that be sailed therein
twenty days, until be emerged into the
North SEA, which was then supposed 10
be . distinct scesn fF0n tho South
Sea, or Pacific. With the exception
that he locates The entrance one degree
toe far SOUTHEAST al uncommon error
tn those days Of primitive navigation
Boienoe--this quite accurately de-
serihes a voyage through the Straits
Of Fuoa and Calf Of Georgia, passing
around the southern and western sides
OF Vancouver Leland, aud iast crossing
the entrances TO Puget sound proper
The objection 70 its anthenticity il,
that the spanish archives contain no
record OF any suoh voyage, or any suct
navigator. TIE ealy authority IL the
unsupported narrative of Michael Lock
90 EaRitsh gentleman, who claimed 20
have met DE Foo In VeBiee, Ia 1896
aud received from him an aossuut %
this and otker voyages, which TIE 0fesk
mariner laid claim 10 having n ade
Thie narrative vas published in he5. a
third OF a centurs SITTER the date o. the
alleged voysRs, IN "a geographical ans
historical volume called "Ihe M
eEims," edited by Samuel Purchsa. IT,
Authenticity remained nnquessiaufd
until it became sn issue between Eag.
gland and she DATED states.
Granting the correctness Of tte Greek
pilots eiaim. no practiosl benefit " -
derived fro o biz voyage. for thu straits
we're not again entered or seen Tor two
centuries. The hrst authentic diaosv ~
Of the strata was that Of an Eaaiish
man, Captain Barclay, who, 10 1881.
visited the coast 10 the ship Impafiai
Eagle, Belonging g. lbs Austrian Il -
India OompAny, engaged ia the fur
trade. lie observed the entranos wh,le
passing. and marked h 90 his chart. bat
made no effort 60 explore IL. GA to-
18th OF Jane, It's CAptnin John Mssres.
In the ship Fslioe Adveniarer, end. ob.
serving the sniTabee recorded the wear
before by Barclay, dispatch 4 a boat,
crew 10 explore u. The expedition was
gone seek, aud after proessdire
thirty miles az The straits, Was attacked
BY Indians aud forced 10 return, ever,
member OF the Grew bearing agsy
wounds 30 temigd tin Of the oonil ,ei
as q -
some historians Il is clRiaied that Cap
tain John hsndriek, In tie LADY Wash
inetsh, sailed tataugh the Straits OF
faoa and Cali of 6-ofgia 10 llS9. thu
eiFc1mnRvigatiug VancsnveF tslaae.
ksndriek wss "a AmerioAn. and bad
entered the fAcihe With Ca4tain Il lbert
Gray, Who, In lT99. discovered aud ca
tered the mouth - The OolamhiA river
The basis OF this claim IL the record
made By Captain MsaFes % infarma
tien derived from keudriok bat a.
keadriek, IN bis own journal. never re-
corded any anch wage, u may sell b.
eoeoted u u bad any eIissence Ia fsei
The hrst actual exploration Of these
waters was made Ia the summer OF lT90.
eY Lieu'enant Alter Mauuel Qaitupsr,
o. ths SPANISH navy, Ia the PTinocsA
Real He entered the Straits Of Faca,
aud o. tefully examined both shores for
distance Of cue hurdrtd miles Te
Qainper, also. belongs the honor o. Dis.
covering Puget sound. Daring his az.
plosalion ~ the Straits. he penetrated .
short distance int the sonad pfopes.
eui, supposlne u 10 be oniy an inltt' b.
returned, eeeiewing on ~ the nansa In
cenada de Uaamsno. He save names
10 Enany other objects ia that region.
nearly al Of Whics have been disoaFasd
10 favor Of those eivxn BY Yaneoavsr
two years later. One Of them esi re
mains. Tie ehTissensd the main chan
net leading ~ m the Straits o. Fasa %
the Cali Of 0corpia. Canal de Log &C.
Hare. and u - still known a. the CanAl
De Hare In 1871, lseats Frsns,sro
Ellis, and jose Maria NAFwAsn uttb AZ.
San Carlos and santa Saarnina. tnsss
q more ther0ugh exploration. They a..
ceFtatned that Camano iulss. or
Puget sound. was = mars extensive
body OF water teAa hsd been supposed
eut they did not sxplsre H. Tee,
DID, however. exploru the Calf
Of GeOtrts, that ioaG stretch % watrr
lyine between Vancouver Island
hnd the main land % Brit
Oolashis. ana whieh the Spantsrss
named Canal Del Rosario. The p.ss.sss
tUisn3 which theY observed, bst d.d M
have st1as 60 sAplgre, led them 10 feport